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Making it to<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=silicon+valley&amp;sortorder=effectivedate"> Silicon Valley</a>, (which is the southern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area) home to many of the world’s largest high-tech companies, including <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=apple&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Apple</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Google&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Google</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=HP&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">HP</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=CISCO&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Cisco Systems</a> and innumerable startups is a dream for every entrepreneur, business professional and most importantly techies of Indian origin. 
 
As of last year, Indians and Indian-Americans in the US tech world appeared to be at its peak and as many as 15% start-ups were founded by Indians. Additionally, the elevation of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=SATYA+NADELLA&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Satya Nadella</a>, who’s heading <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=MICROSOFT&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Microsoft</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=INDRA+NOOYI&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Indra Nooyi</a>, the chief executive of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=pepsico&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">PepsiCo</a> and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=SUNDAR+PICHAI&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Sundar Pinchai</a>, the Chief Executive Officer of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=GOOGLE&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Google</a> have also contributed to this boom. 
 The bottom line is thus- Indians are abundant in <keyword id="6357722" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="silicon-valley">Silicon Valley</keyword>. But, which pegs another question- what is it like to be an Indian in Silicon Valley? Does it get lonely a time or is it to the best place to live in? 
 
Shobha Vishwanathan, <a href="https://www.quora.com/What-is-it-like-being-an-Indian-in-Silicon-Valley">a Quora user</a> who also been working and living in Silicon Valley recounts her experience in the big bad world of tech- 
 
This is how it is like to be an Indian in Silicon Valley- 
 
“If you're working on an onsite-offshore model at an IT firm, then you would be slogging like a horse from early AM today to late AM tomorrow, since you would have to interact and co-ordinate with both the offshore Indian team and onsite American team. 
 
The house or apartment you initially begin to live in would be bland and big, where you have to do ALL the housework, cooking, cleaning, and laundry. You learn the true meaning of "taking care of yourself", and it is especially tough if you've had a protected and carefree life in India. Even a one bedroom apartment in the U.S. would be bigger than a two bedroom apartment in India. Rooms are big in general. 
 
Sports and extra-curricular activities are given a lot of importance right from first grade, both at the school level, and at a personal level. Almost everyone is encouraged to learn a sport, a musical instrument, some art form or technology. This attitude is something that is new to a lot of Indians, but once they see the benefits of having a well-rounded personality, not only do the adults try to learn something new, they also actively encourage their kids to be multi-talented. 
 
Life is most of the times totally colourless. You start appreciating India even more for the sheer vibrancy of colours in everything. Everyone wears pastels, white or black. If there is any splash of colour, it will be a dress of a single colour - solids - no patterns. 
 
If you're a vegetarian, it is difficult to find a restaurant that serves only vegetarian food. You will be forced to buy vegetarian food from a non-veg restaurant. During the handling and cooking of food, the people here don't know to keep out the contamination of veg food by non-veg food. Eggs, fish, fish sauce and chicken stock is regularly used in vegetarian dishes, and unless you know the recipe or remember to tell them that you want vegetable stock in your cooking, you will end up indirectly eating non-veg food. If you order from Subway, they will use the same glove to touch the meat and the vegetables for a single order. 
 
Work ethics are strong here. If you're at work, you're expected to ACTUALLY work, and not just chat around the water-cooler, coffee machine, snacks corner or lunch table. 
 
And, lastly Corruption, on the whole, is less compared to India. Bribes are generally paid to break rules, not as an incentive to do their bound duty." 
 

	If we had to summarise the experience in one word, it would be this line.
 
“The rent is beyond belief, but so is your salary.” 
 
 
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How it's like to be an Indian working in Silicon Valley

Remember Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword>’s grand reception at Madison Square Garden in <keyword id="72226" type="COMPANY" weightage="80" keywordseo="New-York-City">New York City</keyword> last year. Now Indian-Americans in California have begun preparations for a similar kind of reception for Modi, who would be the only second Indian PM to visit the state with a trip planned in September to <keyword id="6357722" type="COMPANY" weightage="80" keywordseo="silicon-valley">Silicon Valley</keyword>, reported PTI. 

	To accord the grand reception at Silicon Valley, representatives of Indian-American organisations recently held their first full-fledged preparatory meeting in Sunnyvale, California. 
 The Indian PM would first attend the Annual General Assembly meeting of the <keyword id="6355833" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="united-nations">United Nations</keyword> in New York in September-end. After that, he would visit Silicon Valley and address Indian-Americans, including technology entrepreneurs. 

	"We have planned a community reception on the evening of September 27 at the SAP Centre, San Jose where close to 20,000 people are expected to gather to hear him speak," Khanderao Kand of newly-formed Indo-American Community of West Coast USA told PTI. 
 

	The meeting was addressed by the Indian Ambassador to the US, Arun K Singh, via a video conference. 
 Among others, it was attended by Consul-General of India in <keyword id="12161" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="San-Francisco">San Francisco</keyword>, Venkatesh Ashok, and <keyword id="667859" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Vijay-Chauthaiwale">Vijay Chauthaiwale</keyword>, in-charge foreign relations department of BJP. 

	Chauthaiwale is on a visit to San Francisco Bay Area to oversee the preparations for the reception. 
 

	"The event is a historic moment for the Indian community in Silicon Valley and the diaspora in general," he said. 
 

	Modi's visit is considered significant, especially with regard to his 'Digital India' initiative that aims to use technology in connecting people and transforming governance in India. 
 

	Moreover, he would be the second Indian PM to visit San Francisco-Bay Area after Jawahar Lal Nehru's trip in 1949. 
 

	San Francisco-Bay Area, of which Silicon Valley is a part, is home to about half-a-million-strong Indian-Americans. 
 

	Last year when Modi visited the US, he was given a grand reception at Madison Square Garden. He addressed nearly 20,000 Indian-Americans there. 
	 
	(Image: Indiatimes)

Silicon Valley to give PM Modi a rockstar-like welcome!

It seems the US government’s imposition of additional fee of up to USD 4,500 for certain categories of H-1B visa for Indians is not going well with many at the <keyword id="6357722" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="silicon-valley">Silicon Valley</keyword>. 
 
Veritas CEO Bill Coleman called for dramatic expansion of the H-1B visa scheme -popular among Indian tech firms. 
 The H1B visa allows US employers to recruit foreign professionals in speciality occupations within the US. However, the <keyword id="396996" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-IT-industry">Indian IT industry</keyword> was affected after the US imposed an additional fee. 
 
Amid this, Coleman said there was a huge crunch of quality IT professionals. 
 
"The entire Silicon Valley believes that the H-1B visa policy needs to be dramatically expanded. We can't hire enough good people. They are just not available here. The salaries here are going through the roof, because everybody is competing to hire from everybody else," said Coleman, who is also a former chairman of Silicon Valley Leadership Group. 
 
Soon headed to India, where Veritas has about 1,700 people working for it with Pune being a major centre, Coleman said he plans to migrate some of his facilities to India from Florida. 
 
"That is a priority," he said. 
 
"In Silicon Valley you go to Apple, Facebook or Google, open their websites, you will find thousands of open jobs. One of the biggest problem here is that everybody is trying to hire from everybody else. As they can't find enough good candidates what they are doing is pushing the salaries through the moon," he said. 
 
Coleman said the number of H-1B visas should be based on market demand and the programme's expansion is one of the top priorities for the Silicon Valley. 
 
Coleman said India, now the fastest-growing emerging economies of the world, offers a "great" and "long term" opportunities for IT firms and he aims to make the best of it. 
 
"We are targeting growth in excess of 40 per cent in our sales in India," he said. 
 
Coleman said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has brought "a breadth of fresh air." 
 
"It is not that difficult to do business in India...the regulations have gotten better, but they are not up to the leading free market standards yet. Things are improving under Modi and we are happy about that," he said. 
 
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Silicon Valley cannot do without Indians? At least Veritas CEO thinks so

Google’s newly appointed CEO, India born <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Sundar+Pichai">Sundar Pichai</a>, has sent a personalized welcome message for PM Modi. In a Youtube video, the 43 year old tech chief said, “"There is tremendous excitement among Googlers, Indians in US for PM Modi's visit.” 
 
He added, “It is an honour to welcome PM <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Narendra+Modi">Narendra Modi</a> to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Silicon+Valley">Silicon Valley</a> this weekend. I hope PM Modi's visit will energise people in the <keyword id="6357722" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="silicon-valley">Silicon Valley</keyword>.” 
 
Talking about India and<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Silicon+Valley"> Silicon Valley</a>, Pichai said in the video, “The bond between India &amp; Silicon Valley has been strong. India has been exporter of talent to tech companies. “Products built by Indian graduates from IIT &amp; other institutes have revolutionised the world.” 
 Praising PM Modi’s <keyword id="1929810" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Digital-India">Digital India</keyword> initiative, Pichai averred, "India is undergoing its own revolution. This will get people in rural areas online. Low cost of bandwidth, offline strategy, affordable phones will connect more people." 
 
Pitching the search engine giant Google for the campaign, he stated that the initiative has tremendous support from India and the Silicon Valley. “Google will look to play a part in <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Digital+India">Digital India</a>," he said. 
 
 
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Google’s
CEO Sundar Pichai welcomes PM Modi in Google style!

Indian start-ups and budding ideas received an unparalleled response this year at National Association of Software and Services Companies’s (<keyword id="6372077" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nasscom">NASSCOM</keyword>) initiative <keyword id="2858108" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="InnoTrek">InnoTrek</keyword>, which brings a choice of group of Indian tech entrepreneurs &amp; founders to <keyword id="6357722" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="silicon-valley">Silicon Valley</keyword> for an immersive experience. 
 New-fangled <keyword id="100363" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-entrepreneurs">Indian entrepreneurs</keyword> met stakeholders at NASSCOM’s InnoTrek and joined hands with them followed by 39 <keyword id="982553" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-startups">Indian startups</keyword> successfully being a part of InnoTrek delegation. What makes it a thumbs-up for India is the count which marked a raise of fourteen numbers from last year’s 25. 
 
Director of Google Play, Apps &amp; Games, Purnima Kochikar, ensured that she give the entrepreneurs a reality check. In her statement, she said, “We have talent, a great domestic market, the world is your oyster, we are here to help, so what's keeping us back? Where are the Indian unicorns? That's the conversation I would like to have.” 
 
"I got a lead into a growth-hacking ecosystem here, just because somebody introduced me to it. I now have a chance to go from 3 million to 30 million downloads," said Sunil Patro, CEO of SignEasy, an app that helps implement e-signatures in one's business. 
 
The buzzing entrepreneurs in a weeklong visit realized that a lots of facts are undocumented and that it needs to be accessed. Adding more to their account, the startups said that a word-of mouth reference is the only way to get access to the facts.

Indian startups prevail NASSCOM’s InnoTrek at Silicon Valley

To give wings to new <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=start-ups">start-ups</a> on the global platform, the Indian and other Asian markets must introduce ‘open-minded mentality’; a platform where ideas can be shared and accomplished, says <keyword id="3043383" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Prashant-Parekh">Prashant Parekh</keyword>, the Indian-origin CEO of a US-based company <keyword id="3043382" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Spinta-Global-Accelerator">Spinta Global Accelerator</keyword>. 
 
Citing <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Silicon+Valley">Silicon Valley</a> as an example, he said, “There is a certain open-minded mentality among the people in <keyword id="6357722" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="silicon-valley">Silicon Valley</keyword>.” 
 
Parekh’s firm, Spinta Global Accelerator, is already taking steps in the direction to bring across innovation and investments from Silicon Valley to the Asian Markets. The firm develops ideas and concepts for start-ups and develops new technologies based on the market trends. 
 
Parekh, who organised a road-show to promote Spinta said, "Everybody wants to emulate and aspire to be Silicon Valley, which is a Mecca for start-ups. Most of the innovations happen in Silicon Valley and they make it big because it is a state of mind. But in South East Asia, people are very protective of their ideas. They would not do anything unless a non-disclosure agreement is signed." 
 
He also urged Asian technology start-ups to be "open-minded" and share their ideas. What more, he asked them to collaborate for the product development for global business models which are shifting rapidly. 
 
Spinta has the capacity to help start-ups from the early stage and reduce the risk of failing, Parekh said. 
 
"The experience that Silicon Valley has - they have been creating innovation for years now. The maturity the people have and the learning experience from failure over the years. That is what we want to bring out to India and Singapore as well as other places. 
 
We know that 95% of the start-ups fail. And that is why they need help. There is a lot of help needed as they don't have enough resources for research work and the right kind of matured mentors," said Parekh. 
 
Spinta, through its Indian team under KloudData, has expertise in mobility, analytics and cloud among others. 
 
"There is no better time for <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=entrepreneurs+">entrepreneurs </a>to start a company than now. Innovation is mother of everything and with innovation countries could do very well," he said. 
 
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Indian start-ups need an ‘open-minded mentality’: Spinta CEO

<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Jeff-Weiner-alongside-Indian-Linkedin-team-announces-three-new-offerings-for-India/articleshow/54289587.cms">LinkedIn recently unveiled three new products for the Indian market. </a>While it is encouraging to see that <keyword id="28120" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Linkedin">LinkedIn</keyword> currently has more than 37 million members in India making it the second-largest and one of the fast-growing markets for the company globally, it is more exciting to see that the country hosts the company’s only other R&amp;D center outside of the U.S. 
 <keyword id="299066" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Jeff-Weiner">Jeff Weiner</keyword>, CEO &amp; Co-Founder, LinkedIn, landed in <keyword id="6354321" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Bengaluru">Bengaluru</keyword>, India’s <keyword id="6357722" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="silicon-valley">silicon valley</keyword> yesterday and said that after meeting his Indian employees, he wanted to take them back to the actual Silicon Valley with him, which wouldn’t have been the case some years back. 
 
Jeff thinks that <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Byju-opens-up-about-meeting-Chan-Zuckerberg-initiative-international-plans-and-how-he-chooses-teachers-for-the-app-/articleshow/54250709.cms">the Indian startup ecosystem is thriving</a>, ’I have been closely been following the people, stories about the <keyword id="6362513" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Startups">startups</keyword> here. To see the high energy here is remarkable. The government deserves a lot of credit for creating the right environment which is attracting investment from all over the world to encourage the spirit of entrepreneurship.’ 
 Both Jeff and <keyword id="323918" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Akshay-Kothari">Akshay Kothari</keyword>, India Manger &amp; product head <keyword id="278010" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="LinkedIn-India">Linkedin India</keyword> feel that the Indian government has had a huge role to play in this change of dynamics. With Startup India and Digital India, people are getting the right kind of opportunities with the help of technology. With these three new initiatives, they wish to accelerate growth for the human resources in India. 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/LinkedIn-launches-three-new-features-/articleshow/54293727.cms">ALSO READ: LinkedIn wants you to get your dream job, no matter what your circumstances are</a> 
 
Akshay is a man whom Jeff hand-picked after acquiring his startup Pulse, in 2013. Pulse, which was a mobile application that enabled users to create personalized news feeds, now is integrated into LinkedIn. While Akshay, an Indian got an immense exposure in the Valley, many start-ups have not scaled to such heights. 
 
‘I miss Silicon Valley. That was my home for almost a decade. While things in India are picking up for startups, they’re still behind compared to the US in terms of administrative issues. I remember starting out my company, Pulse with all incorporation, tax-filing etc. done within 24 hours in the valley. I never had to worry about such issues afterward. Startups in India cannot say the same,” says Akshay. 
“While things have become faster and easier for Indian startups, it is important to make everything smoother to match up to developed countries,” he adds, when asked about what he misses the most about silicon valley. 
 
So while LinkedIn tries to help start-ups get the right talent, the Indian government still might have to get them to the right platform, which is in the making.

LinkedIn’s Co-Founder Jeff Weiner and India Head, Akshay
Kothari see quality talent sprouting in the country

It's still not a great time to be a woman in Silicon Valley. Especially if you're looking for an executive leadership position.
Silicon Valley knows it has a diversity problem. In the past year, a number of tech companies - including <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-diversity-numbers-2014-8">Apple</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/google-diversity-problem-2014-5">Google</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-diversity-report-2014-6">Facebook</a>, and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-workplace-diversity-numbers-2014-6">Yahoo</a> - released reports about their own gender and racial diversity statistics.
A <a href="http://www.fenwick.com/FenwickDocuments/Gender_Diversity_2014.pdf">recent report from law firm&#xa0;Fenwick &amp; West LLP</a> shows that women hold just 11% of executive positions at Silicon Valley companies. The report compared that number to the S&amp;P 100, in which 16% of executives are women. The report also says only 9% of executive officers in Silicon Valley are women.&#xa0;
"Most of the companies that released data publicly acknowledged that the numbers reveal ample room for improvement, and many of them committed to increasing the number of women and minorities in the workplace," the report says.
Women at Silicon Valley companies also hold a small percentage of positions as directors (10%), committee chairs (8%), and committee members (10%). Just 16.7% of Silicon Valley companies surveyed have a woman who is a&#xa0;top corporate/business development executive. The average percentage of women on a Silicon Valley company's board of directors is&#xa0;15.7%, compared to an S&amp;P 100 company's&#xa0;20.9%.&#xa0;
The numbers speak for themselves, and they're pretty dismal.
The report concludes: "We hope that such data, and the information in this survey, and the many resources to which it refers, will spur and inform additional thought and discussion among the participants and leaders in the Silicon Valley ecosystem on how to create and sustain a more diverse workplace."
<a href="http://www.fenwick.com/FenwickDocuments/Gender_Diversity_2014.pdf">You can read the full report here</a>.

Women Hold Just 11% Of Executive Positions At Silicon Valley Tech Companies

Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword>’s tour of <keyword id="6357722" type="COMPANY" weightage="80" keywordseo="silicon-valley">Silicon valley</keyword> began with an interaction with the Indian-American community as he arrived here to give a strong push to his drive for technological innovation in India. 
 Singer <keyword id="14926" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Kailash-Kher">Kailash Kher</keyword> shared the stage with Modi at the community reception hosted by the Indian diaspora at the Imperial Ballroom of Hotel Fairmont here. 
 
A woman tied a rakhi to him during the interaction. Members of the Sikh and Gujarati community also met him. 
 Earlier on arrival at the Norman Y Minte <keyword id="65502" type="COMPANY" weightage="80" keywordseo="san-jose">San Jose</keyword> International Airport, Modi was given a red carpet welcome with San Jose mayor Sam Liccardo and his wife receiving him 
An enthusiastic crowd of supporters was on hand to welcome him amid chants of "Modi, Modi" as he alighted from the Air India one aircraft greeting them with a "Namaste". Amid tight security and barricading, fans reached out to the prime minister for handshakes and autographs. 
 
Many wearing tricolour scarves and waving paper Indian flags held aloft signs saying "We Support Digital India." There were also banners saying "USA loves India". 
 
"Landed in San Jose to a great welcome. Eagerly awaiting the programmes in the coming 2 days," Modi tweeted. 
 "Straight to the community. PM attends Diaspora event in San Jose, greets leading Indians/PIOs," tweeted External Affairs Ministry spokesperson <keyword id="32893" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="vikas-swarup">Vikas Swarup</keyword>. 
 
The first Indian leader to visit California in more than three decades, Modi is set to have meetings with Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai, Indian-American chief executives of Microsoft and Google respectively. 
 
He will also meet Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and electric carmaker Tesla's iconic CEO Elon Musk. 
 
After the interaction with the Indian-American community, Modi will later visit Tesla's Fremont plantPrime Minister Narendra Modi’s tour of Silicon valley began with an interaction with the Indian-American community as he arrived here to give a strong push to his drive for technological innovation in India. 
 
Singer Kailash Kher shared the stage with Modi at the community reception hosted by the Indian diaspora at the Imperial Ballroom of Hotel Fairmont here. 
 
A woman tied a rakhi to him during the interaction. Members of the Sikh and Gujarati community also met him. 
 
Earlier on arrival at the Norman Y Minte San Jose International Airport, Modi was given a red carpet welcome with San Jose mayor Sam Liccardo and his wife receiving him 
An enthusiastic crowd of supporters was on hand to welcome him amid chants of "Modi, Modi" as he alighted from the Air India one aircraft greeting them with a "Namaste". Amid tight security and barricading, fans reached out to the prime minister for handshakes and autographs. 
 
Many wearing tricolour scarves and waving paper Indian flags held aloft signs saying "We Support Digital India." There were also banners saying "USA loves India". 
 
"Landed in San Jose to a great welcome. Eagerly awaiting the programmes in the coming 2 days," Modi tweeted. 
 
"Straight to the community. PM attends Diaspora event in San Jose, greets leading Indians/PIOs," tweeted External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup. 
 
The first Indian leader to visit California in more than three decades, Modi is set to have meetings with Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai, Indian-American chief executives of Microsoft and Google respectively. 
 
He will also meet Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and electric carmaker Tesla's iconic CEO Elon Musk. 
 
After the interaction with the Indian-American community, Modi will later visit Tesla's Fremont plant. 
 
Image credit: Indiatimes

PM
Narendra Modi interacts with Indian-American community at Silicon Valley

Is the map changing? Bay Area has shifted to Bengaluru. 
 Ruling political party at the Centre had made a war cry of ‘<keyword id="6464685" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="ghar-wapsi">Ghar Wapsi</keyword>’ that invited a lot of criticism in the recent past. But, the message, though not targeted have had a far reaching effect. 
 
The top Indian talents from iconic American tech giants are shifting their base to Indian startups. 
 As per a news report in The Economic Times, from <keyword id="6355629" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Google">Google</keyword> to <keyword id="6354742" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Flipkart">Flipkart</keyword>, from Disney and <keyword id="6354576" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Facebook">Facebook</keyword> to Zomato, from <keyword id="111839" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Symantec">Symantec</keyword> to <keyword id="541988" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="SnapDeal">Snapdeal</keyword>, and more, the shift is prominent. 
 <keyword id="143828" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vivek-Wadhwa">Vivek Wadhwa</keyword>, entrepreneur-turned-academic and sharp <keyword id="6357722" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="silicon-valley">Silicon Valley</keyword> watcher, told the ET, "India is the new land of opportunity for these Indians who had left home." 
 Or as <keyword id="2863624" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tanmay-Saksena">Tanmay Saksena</keyword>, a <keyword id="33081" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Stanford">Stanford</keyword> graduate who quit his job as a <keyword id="2863468" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="vice-president-at-Disney">vice-president at Disney</keyword>'s Palo Alto, California, offices to join Zomato, said: "India is smelling like the Silicon Valley." 
 
Saksena and many others are being wooed by at least half-adozen Indian startups valued anywhere between $1 billion and $15 billion. All salaries look handsome and Silicon Valley-competitive in dollar terms, and most assignments involve complex technology solutions for the mobile platform. 
 
What's more, startups such as Zomato, whose restaurant discovery app is now present in 22 countries, are articulating their ambitions on a global scale. For Silicon Valley's top talent, nothing attracts more than a mission to dominate the world. "The idea is always world domination, if you speak anything less than that, you are not ambitious enough. 
 
When I was with Disney, it was the same thing. If I work with a company, I don't want small goals, I want to rule the world, and I sensed it here at Zomato," said Saksena. 
Even salaries remain the same! 
 Earlier this year in March, two of Google's engineering VPs - <keyword id="2863623" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Piyush-Ranjan">Piyush Ranjan</keyword> and <keyword id="278552" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Punit-Soni">Punit Soni</keyword> - relocated from the Bay Area to work with India's largest ecommerce company Flipkart. Both are being paid Valley salaries too - $5-6 million annual packages. 
 
"This mark is unbelievable. It's so intense and fastmoving," said Soni. "Coming from Bay Area, I never thought I'd do this, but it's just a whole new level of intensity here. I never thought I'd say that," he said. 
 
Soni moved back from the Bay Area to join Flipkart and wants to attract more global talent to his team. "I have no personal reasons to be here. 
 I'm coming here because this is the most interesting thing that I found at this point in my career to do," said Soni, who has spent nearly a decade at Google's headquarters in <keyword id="108002" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mountain-View">Mountain View</keyword>. <keyword id="802" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Gaurav-Gupta">Gaurav Gupta</keyword>, who spent over a decade in the Valley working with <keyword id="6390344" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Cisco">Cisco</keyword> and Symantec apart from several startups in the Bay Area, joined ecommerce company Snapdeal on Wednesday. 
 "Most of us always have an eye on the motherland; this time it's fascinating to see India emerge as a <keyword id="2864028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="producer-of-technology">producer of technology</keyword>, not just a consumer," said Gupta. 
 
"History is witness to the savviest, smartest and most entrepreneurial people usually going off to crazy places at regular intervals. This is relatively reasonable," said Soni of Flipkart. 
 Namita Gupta, a mother of two who headed Facebook's Global Games Partner Engineering in the Bay Area until last year, joined Zomato as <keyword id="284214" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="chief-product-officer">chief product officer</keyword>.

​It’s Ghar Wapsi for the Indian talents in Silicon Valley. Thanks to the startups

When 43-year-old Indian origin <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Everything-you-need-to-know-about-Googles-new-CEO-Sundar-Pichai/articleshow/48430267.cms">Sundar Pichai</a> was named <keyword id="2996011" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Chief-Executive-Officer-of-internet-giant">Chief Executive Officer of internet giant</keyword> <keyword id="6355629" type="CITY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Google">Google</keyword> by co-founders <keyword id="100155" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Larry-Page">Larry Page</keyword> and <keyword id="360878" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Sergei-Brin">Sergei Brin</keyword> today, Indians across the world commemorated the occasion as if each one of them had a personal stake in the development. 
 
Though, to be fair they did have reason to rejoice. With Pichai’s elevation from Senior Vice President of Chrome, Android and Apps to CEO, he joins the growing club of corporations run by Indian-born business leaders and the elite club of Indians heading a technology giant, right in the footsteps of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. 
 
His promotion as CEO came after Google’s Larry Page announced<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Heres-what-analysts-are-saying-about-Googles-huge-re-organization-announcement/articleshow/48435862.cms"> changes to the company’s executive structure</a> in a bid to present a ‘slimmed down Google,’ which will be included under a new parent company, Alphabet. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/In-choosing-Alphabet-Inc-Google-joins-a-branded-crowd/articleshow/48437236.cms">Alphabet</a>, headed by Larry Page is essentially a collection of companies, the largest of which will inevitably be Google. 
 
Joining Google as a ‘low-key manager’ in 2004, Pichai quickly worked his way up the ladder and became part of the team that successfully launched Chrome browser in 2008. Then in 2012, he undertook the responsibility of heading Apps after the former head departed. And, finally in 2013, he was put in charge of Android. 
 
Pichai’s advancement as Product Chief in 2014 quite literally sealed the deal as he became second-in-command to none other than Page. In a press release announcing Pichai’s new post, Page mentions how Pichai ‘stepped up since October last year, when he took on product and engineering responsibility for our Internet businesses.’ 
 
However, the responsibility of heading the $66 billion-revenue, $16-billion profit, company didn’t come easy to Pichai. He undoubtedly worked for it. Really hard. 
 
Responding to a recent Quora thread which questioned Pichai’s surprising promotion to the highest ranks, Chris Beckmann, former Product Manager at Google was all praise for Pichai, crediting him for recruiting, mentoring and retaining the best team of product managers who helped him spearhead ‘successful efforts for difficult projects that were core to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Heres-an-interesting-theory-making-the-rounds-about-Googles-big-shakeup/articleshow/48430574.cms">Google’s</a> continued financial success, namely Toolbar and Chrome.’ He also added that Pichai ‘avoided making enemies’ and instead navigated office politics to build a team that’s talented and one that delivers. 
 
In comparison, it took <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Microsofts-Windows-10-to-change-the-tech-world-says-Nadella/articleshow/48070350.cms">Satya Nadella</a> 20 years to rise up to the coveted rank of CEO of technology giant Microsoft. However, that is where the differences between the two Indian-origin CEOs end. 
 
Both Nadella and Pichai now command an influential position in the US tech world and they’re not alone. The list also includes Shantanu Narayen, President and CEO of Adobe, Vinod Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Amit Singhal, Senior Vice President at Google, Rajeev Suri, CEO of Nokia and Rashmi Sinha, co-founder of SlideShare. 
 Moreover, according to a 2014 report by Dr Vishwas Wadhwa, the founders of 15% of the startups in the <keyword id="6357722" type="COMPANY" weightage="80" keywordseo="silicon-valley">Silicon Valley</keyword> are Indians. 
 
So, what is it exactly that’s making Indians stand tall in the Silicon Valley? 
 
It’s certainly a stark contrast from the scenario in 1992, when Indians in the Silicon Valley were deemed incapable of becoming managers- leave aside CEOs, despite being excellent engineers. 
 
The metamorphosis from 1992 to today can be largely attributed to banishing negative stereotypes that limited the entry of Indians to enviable positions. 
 
To attain this, the first generation of Indian-Americans who successfully started shattering the glass-ceiling acted as mentors for the future generations, providing them seed-funding, sharing their experiences and opening quite a few doors. 
 
This also unraveled in the management culture wherein it was noticed by a 2004 research from St. Gallen University in Switzerland that Indian executives prioritised participative administration and building meaningful relationships with subordinates which fostered an emotional bond. 
 
As Indra Nooyi, the CEO of Pepisco, once famously divulged, there's no executives in the ‘Indian club’ who possess a dictatorial style of management. “They value their employees as a person.” 
 
Additionally, they are also known to be future-oriented, patient, humble and persistent- traits which are sacrosanct for any leader. 
 
Thus, it comes as no surprise that the unique process of mentoring and uplifting within the community, immense hard work and dedication by Indian-Americans themselves, have worked out in a way which promptly put the Indian club of executives onto the global platform. 
 
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